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From: Newsletter: Slovenia News http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/
Numerous archaeological discoveries in Ljubljana
31.01.2012
Ljubljana - Archaeologists in Ljubljana have had their work cut out for them in recent years, as the many development projects launched before the economic downturn uncovered numerous archaeological sites. On Tuesday, archaeologists presented their work in the past few years to the press, highlighting the most interesting finds.
The recent excavation in Kongresni Square was one of the biggest archaeological projects in Slovenia's history, according to Matjaž Nošak of the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana (MGML), the institute that oversees excavation projects.
The finds from the square are remnants of a rich settlement history in the area dating as far back as prehistory. Here, archaeologists headed by Nošak found the remains of a late Bronze Age grave and sepulchral mounds, the first of this kind found in Ljubljana.
Artefacts from the Roman period were also unearthed in Kongresni Square: the remains of a suburban settlement of the city of Emona with its own graveyard. Excavations at Kongresni Square were launched before the construction of an underground car park between 2009 and 2011.
Another interesting project was the excavation works in Krojaška Street near the Ljubljanica river, where the archaeologists uncovered what are believed to be the remains of a river port from the Antiquity.
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